禁忌 taboo

　　壓歲錢 gift money; money given to children as a lunar new year gift

　　祭祖宗 offer sacrifices to one’s ancestors

　　元宵 rice dumpling

　　踩高蹺 stilt walking

　　扭秧歌 yangge dance

　　掃墓 sweep graves of one’s ancestors or loved ones

　　賽龍舟 dragon-boat racing

　　粽子zongzi (sticky rice dumpling wrapped in reed or bamboo leaves)

　　月餅 moon cake

　　賞月 appreciate the glorious full moon

　　賞菊 admire the beauty of chrysanthemum

　　登高 climb mountain

　　小康社會(huì) a well-to-do society

　　人民生活 people’s livelihood

　　生活水平 living standards

　　生活質(zhì)量 quality of life

　　住房條件 housing conditions

　　文化程度 educational level

　　就業(yè)率 employment rate

　　人均收入 average income per capita

　　年平均工資 average annual pay

　　獎(jiǎng)金 bonus

　　生活費(fèi)用 cost of living

　　消費(fèi)價(jià)格指數(shù) consumer price index

　　環(huán)境污染指數(shù) environment pollution index

　　衣食住行 food, clothing, sheltering and means of traveling

　　購(gòu)買力 purchasing power

　　貧困家庭 the needy family

　　貧困地區(qū) poverty-stricken region

　　下崗 be laid off

　　小康 relative affluence

　　安居樂(lè)業(yè) live a good life

　　共同富裕 shared prosperity

　　社會(huì)保險(xiǎn) social insurance

　　助學(xué)金 grant-in-aid

　　賑災(zāi)救濟(jì)金 disaster relief funds

　　人口 population

　　人口分布 population distribution